diff --git a/src/bin/expedite-cmp b/src/bin/expedite-cmp
index 3b1e1b9..8acdf5f 100755
--- a/src/bin/expedite-cmp
+++ b/src/bin/expedite-cmp
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ import os.path
 import csv
 from optparse import OptionParser
 
+fmttext = '%(value)7.2f (%(percentual)+6.1f%%)'
+fmthtml = '%(value)7.2f <span style="color: #666; width: 55pt; display: inline-block; text-align: right; text-shadow: #999 1px 1px 3px;">(%(percentual)+0.1f%%)</span>'
+
+
 parser = OptionParser(usage="%prog [options] <reference> <file2> .. <fileN>",
                       description="""\
 Generate reports comparing two or more outputs of expedite.
@@ -23,10 +27,12 @@ parser.add_option("-r", "--report",
                         "[default=%default]"),
                   action="store", type="choice", default="text",
                   choices=["text", "html"])
-parser.add_option("-p", "--percentual",
-                  help=("show percentual instead of raw numbers for "
-                        "non-reference values."),
-                  action="store_true", default=False)
+parser.add_option("-F", "--format",
+                  help=("format to use as python format string, "
+                        "valid keys are: value and percentual. "
+                        "[defaults: html=\"%s\", text=\"%s\"]" %
+                        (fmthtml, fmttext)),
+                  action="store", type="str", default=None)
 parser.add_option("-C", "--no-color", dest="color",
                   help="do not use color in reports.",
                   action="store_false", default=True)
@@ -35,6 +41,11 @@ options, files = parser.parse_args()
 if len(files) < 2:
     raise SystemExit("need at least 2 files to compare")
 
+if options.format is None:
+    if options.report == "html":
+        options.format = fmthtml
+    else:
+        options.format = fmttext
 
 ref_f = files[0]
 others_f = files[1:]
@@ -54,10 +65,14 @@ for f in files:
 def report_text():
     test_name_fmt = "%%%ds:" % max_test_name
 
+    fmtsize = len(options.format % {"value": 12345.67, "percentual": 1234.56})
+    hdrfmt = "%%%d.%ds" % (fmtsize, fmtsize)
+
     print test_name_fmt % "\\",
-    for f in files:
+    print "%7.7s" % (files[0][-7:],),
+    for f in files[1:]:
         n, e = os.path.splitext(f)
-        print "%7.7s" % n[-7:],
+        print hdrfmt % n[-fmtsize:],
     print
 
     if options.color and os.environ.get("TERM", "") == "xterm":
@@ -91,10 +106,10 @@ def report_text():
             else:
                 c = color_equal
 
-            if options.percentual:
-                print "%s%+6.1f%%%s" % (c, (percent * 100), color_reset),
-            else:
-                print "%s%7.2f%s" % (c, val, color_reset),
+            fmt = options.format % {"value": val, "percentual": percent * 100}
+            if len(fmt) < fmtsize:
+                fmt = hdrfmt % fmt
+            print "%s%s%s" % (c, fmt, color_reset),
 
         print
 
@@ -116,11 +131,27 @@ def report_html():
     <title>expedite comparison sheet: %(files)s</title>
   </head>
   <style type="text/css">
+    table
+    {
+       border: 1px solid black;
+       border-collapse: collapse;
+    }
+    thead
+    {
+       border-bottom: 1px solid black;
+    }
+    tr.overall-results
+    {
+       border-top: 1px solid black;
+       font-weight: bold;
+    }
     td.value, td.value-reference, td.value-missing, td.value-good, td.value-bad, td.value-equal
     {
        font-family: courier, monospaced;
        font-size: 10pt;
        text-align: right;
+       border-left: 1px solid black;
+       border-bottom: 1px dashed #ccc;
     }
     td.test-name, thead tr td { text-align: right; }\
 """
@@ -133,6 +164,7 @@ def report_html():
     {
        font-weight: bold;
        background-color: #d9d9d9;
+       border-bottom: 1px dashed #ccc;
     }
 """
 
@@ -160,11 +192,16 @@ def report_html():
 
     def print_row(test):
         ref_val = data[ref_f][test]
+        if "EVAS SPEED" in test.upper():
+            extra_cls = ' class="overall-results"'
+        else:
+            extra_cls = ""
+
         print """\
-         <tr>
+         <tr%s>
            <td class="test-name">%s</td>
            <td class="value-reference">%7.2f</td>\
-""" % (test, ref_val)
+""" % (extra_cls, test, ref_val)
 
         for f in others_f:
             try:
@@ -183,10 +220,7 @@ def report_html():
             else:
                 c = 'equal'
 
-            if options.percentual:
-                v = "%+6.1f%%" % (percent * 100)
-            else:
-                v = "%7.2f" % val
+            v = options.format % {"value": val, "percentual": percent * 100}
 
             print """\
            <td class="value-%s">%s</td>\